Libya

On December 20, 2003, Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi announced that "In view of the international environment that prevailed during the Cold War and the tension in the Middle East, the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah (GSPLAJ) has urged the countries in the region to make the Middle East and Africa a region free of the weapons of mass destruction."

"Libya has faced US sanctions since the early 1980s, and after the bombing of the Pan Am 103 flight over Lockerbie, [Scotland,] sanctions were imposed by the United Nations, although these were lifted [in 2003] after a compensation deal was agreed with the victims' families." Also see Timeline of Sanctions.

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